Stock and poultry fountain.



.A. 'A. KRAMER. STOCK AND POULTRY FOUNTAIN. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17,1909.

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ANDREW A. KRAMER, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

STOCK AND POULTRY FOUNTAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 17, 1908.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

Serial No. 463,469.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW A. KRAMER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Kansas City, vVyandotte county, Kansas, haveinvented a new and useful Stock and Poultry Fountain, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved construction forstock fountains or watering tanks.

A further ob ect of this invention is to provide improved means for-arranging a water tank for storage and shipment.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improvedconstruction for a stock fountain whereby small animals and poultry canhave access to the interior thereof and yet be restrained from enteringthe fountain wholly.

A further object of this invention is to provide a two-part separablefountain and tank.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims andillustrated by accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a sideelevation of the complete tank in position for practical use. Fig. 2 isa vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the tanknested for storage or shipment, the valve and float being removed.

In the construction of the device as shown the numeral 10 designates afrustum shaped pan preferably formed of sheet metal and open at its top.The pan 10 is provided with a plurality of circular drink openings 11 inits side and approximately midwaybetween the top and bottom marginsthereof. A frustum shaped tank 12 is provided and is of greater taperand greater depth than the pan 10. The tank 12 is mounted vertically inthe pan 10, and the smaller end portion thereof extends through the opensmaller end of the pan 10 and rests on the bottom thereof loosely. Thesmaller end portion of the tank 12 is closed and the other end portionthereof is directed upwardly and is open. A connnunicating port 13 isformed in the side of the tank 12 near its closed lower end and providescommunication for water from the tank 12 to the pan 10. An ear 14 isfixed to the side of the tank 12 adjacent to the port 13, and a lever15, of hell crank form, is fulcrumed on said ear and extends within thepan 1.0. The short arm of the lever 15 is connected to a valve 16 withinthe tank 12 and adapted to close the port 13. A float 17 is fixed to theextremity of the long arm of the lever 15 within the pan 10 and isadapted to be raised by water within said pan to oscillate said leverand cause the valve 16 to close the port 13. The

fulcrum of the lever 15 on the ear 14 is a removable pin or bolt 18, bymeans of which the lever can be removed from the ear conveniently. Theconnection between the valve 16 and lever 15 also is detachable.

In practical use the parts are assembled as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 andwater is supplied in any desired manner to the tank 12. In cold weatherit is better to supply a considerable quantity of water in order todecrease the liability of freezing. Large animals such as cattle andhorses can drink derectly from the tank 12. Water flows through the port13 from the tank 12 and fills the pan 10 to such level as is permittedby the float 17 such level being below the openings 11. Small animalsand poultry have access to drink from the pan 10 through the openings 11and the desired level of water in said pan is maintained automaticallyby the valve 16, lever 15 and float 17. It will be observed that thefrustum shape of the pan 10, and the shape of the openings 11, permitsthe introduction of the snout or head of any small animal, such as ashortnosed hog, conveniently through either of the drink openings 11,and that the opposite inclination of the frustum shaped tank 12 mountedwithin the pan 10, serves as a wall to deter small animals and poultryfrom entrance to the pan 10 wholly. The fountain can be easily cleanedof refuse or repaired by removing the tank 12 from the pan 10.

When not in use the pan 10 and tank 12 are nested as shown in Fig. 3 byremoving the tank 12 from the pan 10 (having first removed the lever andvalve from the tank 12 through one of the openings 11) and theninverting the pan 10 and depositing the same in the open upper end ofthe tank 12. The valve, lever and float may be disposed within either ofthe tanks for storage or shipment. When the tanks are nested as shownthe bundle is closed at each end and intermediate thereof.

I claim as my invention 1. A stock and poultry fountain, comprising afrustum shaped sheet metal pan open at its apex and provided with drinkopenings in its side, and a frustum shaped sheet metal tank loosely andremovably mounted in inverted position within and wholly supported bythe pan and open at its top, said tank formed with a valve controlledopening communicating with said pan.

2. A stock and poultry fountain, comprising a frustum shaped sheet metalpan open at its top and provided with drink openings in its side, and afrustum shaped sheet metal tank of greater altitude than the pan andmounted in an inverted position therein, the tank closed at its lowerend and resting on the bottom of the pan and open at its upper end, thewalls of said pan and tank inclining on different planes, said tankformed with a valve controlled opening within and communicating withsaid pan, the apex opening of the pan fitting and supporting the centralportion of the tank.

3. A stock and poultry fountain, comprising a frustum shaped sheet metalpan open at its apex and formed with circular drink openings in itsside, an inverted frustum shaped sheet metal tank mounted in the pan,closed at its bottom and open at its top and resting on the bottom ofthe pan, the inverted frustum shaped tank formed with a communicatingport, a valve in said tank and adapted to close said port, a float lever10- cated within the pan and fulcrumed on the tank and connected to saidvalve, and a float within said pan below the drink openings thereof andsecured to said lever.

4. A stock and poultry fountain, comprising a pan formed of sheet metaland having a base and a frustum shaped Wall secured to said base andopen at its apex, said wall formed with circular openings near the base;a tank formed with a base and a flaring wall fixed to said base, saidtank constructed of sheet metal and adapted to be mounted in and projectoutside of said pan, the base of the tank resting on the base of the panand the wall of the pan embracing, fitting and supporting the centralportion of the wall of the tank, the wall of the tank formed with a portnear its base and communicating with the pan; a float lever within thepan fulcrumed to the Wall of the tank; a stem pivoted to the float leverand extending through the port; a valve on said stem within the tank andadapted to close said port; and a float on said lever within the pan andbelow the drink openings thereof.

Signed by me at Des Moines, Iowa, this third day of November, 1908.

ANDREW A. KRAMER.

WVitnesses:

W. W. FINK, S. C. SWEET.

